Fitness Coaching Resource Hub

The resources you need to manage and grow your fitness business, all in one place. Tap into free guides, on-demand videos, and live training sessions built specifically for personal trainers, online coaches, and gym owners. Level up your coaching, retain more clients, and run a business you're proud of.

Resources

Getting Started with ABC Trainerize

Live Masterclass: Getting Started with ABC Trainerize

New to ABC Trainerize? Join this free live session with an in-house expert, ask your questions in real time, and leave with your account set up, your first clients added, and your coaching ready to go.

Getting Started with ABC Trainerize

Video Walkthrough: Getting Started with ABC Trainerize

Prefer to learn on your own schedule? This on-demand walkthrough covers account setup, client onboarding, and delivering your first programs. Pause, rewind, and follow along whenever it works for you.

Getting Started with ABC Trainerize

How to Transition Your Coaching Business to ABC Trainerize

Five clear steps to move your coaching business into ABC Trainerize, from account setup to delivering your first programs, without missing a beat.
Workouts & Programming

Create Workout Programs That Drive Results & Save Time

Go from blank screen to fully built workout programs in one live session. Get step-by-step guidance on creating, organizing, and assigning workouts in ABC Trainerize, all with a product expert on hand to answer your questions.

Workouts & Programming

Build and Deliver Workouts in ABC Trainerize

Discover the different types of programming you can create and share with your clients in ABC Trainerize. Learn how to layer programs for a seamless, premium client experience in this Product Academy video. 
Nutrition Coaching

Nutrition & Habit Coaching That Clients Will Stick To

In this live session, set up your first personalized nutrition plan and habit program inside ABC Trainerize. Our goal is to have you leave with a coaching framework your clients can actually stick to, built and ready to assign.
Nutrition Coaching

Set Up Nutrition Coaching in ABC Trainerize

Get hands-on with ABC Trainerize's nutrition tools. This video from our Product Academy shows you how to set client goals, build meal plans, track progress, and use compliance data to keep clients accountable.
Habit Coaching

Add Habit Coaching to Your Programs in ABC Trainerize

Add habit coaching to your programs and give clients the structure to build real, lasting change. See how to create and track custom habits inside ABC Trainerize with this Product Academy video.
Payments & Products

Create Products to Turn Ideas into Revenue with ABC Trainerize

Simplify payments with Stripe Integrated Payments. Learn how to create and bundle digital products, set up direct payment links, and automate key processes to enhance client onboarding in this Product Academy video. 
Client Management & Retention

The Client Experience: What Clients See in the App

See the app through your clients' eyes. This Product Academy video shows exactly how clients track workouts, meals, and habits so you can set better expectations and deliver a smoother onboarding.
Appointments & Scheduling

Scheduling Made Simple with ABC Trainerize

Set up your calendar once and let clients book themselves. This Product Academy video walks you through appointment types, availability settings, and how to make the booking experience feel seamless - for you and your clients.
Payments & Products

Automate Payments and Client Onboarding with ABC Trainerize

Discover how to create a simple, professional payment experience for your coaching business and why it matters. Create recurring billing, automate onboarding, and start selling your services through your own secure checkout page.
Nutrition Coaching

The Foolproof Guide to Adding Nutrition Coaching to Your Services

Add nutrition coaching to your services and unlock a higher-value offering. This 7-part guide covers everything from positioning and pricing to delivery and client results.
Nutrition Coaching

Your Nutrition Coaching Cheat Sheet

Your go-to quick reference for delivering nutrition support to clients. Covers goal-setting frameworks, meal planning basics, and compliance tracking tips so you can add real nutrition value to your services without adding hours to your day.
Habit Coaching

The Guide to High-Impact Habit Coaching

Coach habits that actually stick, without adding hours to your workload. A practical framework for driving meaningful behavioral change across your entire client base.
Habit Coaching

Your Habit Coaching Cheat Sheet

Your quick-reference guide to habit coaching done right. Use this one-pager when setting up client habits, building accountability check-ins, and coaching the kind of behavioral changes that actually stick.
Client Management & Retention

The Ultimate Guide to Client Engagement

High engagement equals lower churn. This guide gives you a practical framework for keeping clients invested between sessions, including which ABC Trainerize features do the heavy lifting.
Client Management & Retention

The Client Engagement Cheat Sheet

The quick-reference companion to the Ultimate Guide to Client Engagement. Keep this one-pager close when you need a fast reminder of the top tactics for keeping clients active, motivated, and invested in their fitness journey.
Client Management & Retention

The Ultimate Guide to Client Retention

Keep clients longer and reduce churn. This three-part guide covers retention benchmarks, relationship-building tactics, and the re-sell moments most coaches are leaving on the table.
Client Management & Retention

The Client Retention Cheat Sheet

Key strategies for keeping clients committed, motivated, and loyal. Use this quick-reference sheet to build better communication habits, celebrate progress milestones, and deliver the personalized attention that turns short-term clients into long-term partners.
Client Management & Retention

Using Compliance to Drive Client Results

Turn compliance data into coaching moments. Get expert tactics for using ABC Trainerize's built-in tracking to re-engage struggling clients and recognize your top performers.
Client Management & Retention

The Client Onboarding Cheat Sheet

A step-by-step reference for creating a smooth, professional onboarding experience for every new client. Covers what to address before the first session, how to set clear expectations, and the follow-up touches that build trust and loyalty from day one.
Client Management & Retention

Client Management in ABC Trainerize

The complete reference for managing clients in ABC Trainerize, from tracking progress and compliance to messaging, check-ins, and delivering a consistently great coaching experience.

Nutrition Coaching

Free Sample Meal Plan You Can Use with Clients Today

A ready-to-use sample meal plan you can customize and assign to clients directly in ABC Trainerize. A practical starting point for coaches adding nutrition to their services.

Getting Started with ABC Trainerize

The Basics of ABC Trainerize

Your quick-start reference for ABC Trainerize: from trial setup and account configuration to selling products and connecting your social accounts.
Workouts & Programming

Build & Deliver Workouts in ABC Trainerize: Step-by-Step Help Articles

Step-by-step instructions for building workouts, structuring programs, and delivering training to clients inside ABC Trainerize.

Nutrition Coaching

How to Use ABC Trainerize Nutrition Features

Your complete reference for ABC Trainerize nutrition: meal planning, macro tracking, goal setting, and food logging, all in one place.

 

Habit Coaching

Using Goals and Habits to Keep Clients Engaged

Set up and track client lifestyle goals and habits inside ABC Trainerize, your step-by-step reference for the accountability structures that keep clients on track.

Appointments & Scheduling

Using Appointments in ABC Trainerize

Everything you need to create appointment types, set your availability, and start selling sessions, whether you train in-person, online, or both.
Appointments & Scheduling

Sync Your Google Calendar to ABC Trainerize

Sync your Google Calendar to ABC Trainerize and eliminate double-bookings, with your personal availability and client appointments in one view, automatically.
Industry Reports

2026 State of the PT Industry Report

The 2026 State of the Personal Training Industry Report by ABC Trainerize reveals how top personal trainers are adapting, and what it takes to scale, retain, and succeed this year and beyond.
Business Growth

Using ABC Trainerize to Scale Your Coaching Business Without the Chaos

Learn how to manage your leads, clients, and payments in one place, so you can grow your coaching business without overwhelm.
Groups & Challenges

How to Build and Run Challenges That Grow Your Business in ABC Trainerize

Get the full breakdown: challenge types, best practices, how challenges fit into your clients' fitness journey, and how to use them to upsell services and attract new business. Includes a live product demo.
Groups & Challenges

How to Deliver Engaging Fitness Challenges in ABC Trainerize

Create and run challenges inside ABC Trainerize that pull in new clients, keep existing ones engaged, and add a serious boost to your programming.
Groups & Challenges

Using Groups & Community to Strengthen Client Connections

Build a community your clients actually want to be part of. See how to use ABC Trainerize's Group features to drive accountability, connection, and results at scale.
Marketing, Branding, Social Media

Create a Branded App Experience for Your Clients

Stand out from every other coaching app. See exactly how to customize ABC Trainerize with your own name, logo, and colors, and learn what a branded experience does for client trust and perceived professionalism.
Business Growth

Automate Your Fitness Business: How to Get More Done with ABC Trainerize

Set up integrated payments, automate client intake, and connect 5,000+ tools through Zapier. This video shows you how to run a leaner, more efficient fitness business with ABC Trainerize.
Getting Started with Coaching

A Complete Pricing Guide for Personal Trainers and Online Coaches

Ready to stop undercharging for your services? This guide breaks down proven pricing strategies for in-person, online, and hybrid trainers so you can set rates that reflect your value and attract the right clients.
Getting Started with Coaching

Strong Start: A Complete 4-Week Done-For-You Coaching Program

A fully built 4-week coaching program, ready to launch today. Download workouts, habit programming, email templates, Instagram posts, and DM scripts, so you can deliver an incredible client experience without building everything from scratch.
Business Growth

Get 30 Clients in 30 Days

A proven, actionable playbook to fill your client roster fast, whether you're starting from zero or pushing to the next level. Learn to build your business, market your services, and attract new clients.
Business Growth

How Personal Trainers Can Scale to 50+ Clients Without Burnout

Looking to grow your client roster without sacrificing your energy or personal life? Learn the models and systems that help you scale to 50+ clients while staying profitable and in control of your time.
Getting Started with Coaching

Online Trainer Business Essentials Course

Start your online personal training business in less than 24 hours. In this course, learn the A to Z of starting your own coaching business from the collective success of the world’s largest online personal training community.

GETTING STARTED WITH COACHING

How to Get Your First Sale in 30 Days

A tactical, step-by-step marketing checklist built for fitness entrepreneurs ready to land their first paying client in 30 days.
Getting Started with Coaching

New Business Checklist for Personal Trainers

Everything you need to get your personal training business off the ground, in one place. From setting up your brand and pricing to landing your first clients, this step-by-step checklist gives you a clear starting point so you can stop planning and start building.
Getting Started with Coaching

How to Start Your Side Hustle Fitness Coaching Business

Earn extra income as a fitness coach without quitting your day job. Built for aspiring trainers who want to grow a client base and build something of their own on their own schedule.

Getting Started with Coaching

Using ABC Trainerize for In-Person Coaching

Ditch the paper notebook. ABC Trainerize gives in-person trainers the tools to track progress, cut admin time, and build real accountability between sessions without changing how you coach.
Getting Started with Coaching

Time Management 101 for Personal Trainers

Stop letting your calendar run your day. Get the practical tips you need to structure your week, protect your focus, and create more space to focus on what you love most.
Getting Started with Coaching

Professional Bio Generator for Personal Trainers

A polished professional bio, ready in seconds. Fill in a quick form and get ready-to-use copy that makes a strong first impression on your website, Trainerize.me profile, or social media.
Getting Started with Coaching

The Software Tools Cheat Sheet for Personal Trainers

A curated breakdown of the top software tools for running a streamlined personal training business. Covers scheduling, client management, program delivery, marketing, and payments, including the tools that integrate directly with ABC Trainerize.
Getting Started with Coaching

The Personal Trainer KPI Cheat Sheet

Stop guessing whether your business is growing. This one-page reference covers the metrics every personal trainer should be tracking, from client retention and satisfaction to revenue and time efficiency, so you can make confident, data-backed decisions.
Marketing, Branding, Social Media

A Complete Guide to Getting Your Own Custom Branded Fitness App

Everything you need to know before investing in a custom branded fitness app: what's included, how it works, and whether it's the right move for your business.
Marketing, Branding, Social Media

The Social Media & Email Playbook for Personal Trainers

Consistency drives results in both training and marketing. Learn how to plan and post with purpose so your content connects, converts, and grows your client base.
Marketing, Branding, Social Media

Personal Trainer Marketing Cheat Sheet

A one-page marketing reference for personal trainers who want to grow their client base without getting overwhelmed by strategy. Covers the essentials for attracting clients, building trust, and putting your services in front of the right audience.
Marketing, Branding, Social Media

Social Media Cheat Sheet for Personal Trainers

Quick-reference tips for showing up consistently and effectively on social media. From content ideas to posting formats, this cheat sheet gives you a practical framework to grow your audience and convert followers into paying clients.
Marketing, Branding, Social Media

Using Trainerize.me to Market Yourself and Your Services

Everything you need to set up your Trainerize.me profile, showcase your expertise, sell products, and start attracting new clients.
Online Training

How to Go from $0 to $5,000/Month with Online Training

A real, step-by-step story: how personal trainer Michelle Riley built her coaching business from zero to over $5,000 a month in just seven months. Covers business structure, niche targeting, social media, pricing, and client retention.
Online Training

Scale Your Online Training from $5K to $10K/Month

Already earning $5k a month? This is your next move. Personal trainer Michelle Riley breaks down how she doubled her revenue through smarter packaging, memberships, on-demand content, and cross-sell opportunities.
Groups & Challenges

How to Launch a High-Value Group Coaching Program

Looking for a scalable way to grow without adding more 1:1 hours? Enter: group coaching. This guide gives you the playbook to deliver a program that drives results and grows your income.
Online Training

The Video Coaching Playbook: Build a Strategy That Sets You Apart Online

Stay competitive in the online world by implementing a video coaching strategy. In this guide, we outline just how essential video is to your fitness business, the tools that can make the difference for your bottom line, and of course, tips on how to build a video content strategy.
Groups & Challenges

The Complete Guide to Running a Fitness Challenge

Plan, promote, and run a fitness challenge that fires up your clients and drives real revenue, including step-by-step instructions for executing it inside ABC Trainerize.
Getting Started with Coaching

How to be a Great Coach and an Even Better Business Owner

Spending all your time in Coach Mode? This guide gives you the CEO-level habits and systems that keep your business growing, even when you're heads-down with clients.
Payments & Products

Selling & Collecting Payments with ABC Trainerize

Your complete reference for getting paid through ABC Trainerize: products, pricing, recurring billing, automated delivery, and everything in between.

 

 

Online Training

How to Deliver Video Coaching with ABC Trainerize

Explore the key video coaching tools available through our option add-ons, from scheduling live video calls and group classes to creating on-demand workouts.
Marketing, Branding, Social Media

Custom Branded App Resources

Everything you need to set up and launch your custom branded app, from submitting your assets to managing your white-labeled experience.

Fitness Studios

How to Connect Your Fitness Tools Using API Integrations

Connect your booking, payments, and marketing tools so they actually talk to each other. This guide demystifies APIs for fitness business owners and shows how integrations can save hours of manual work.
Fitness Studios

AI for Fitness Studios: Building a Better Future forYou and Your Members

AI isn't just for big tech companies anymore. This guide shows fitness studio owners how to use AI tools to improve member experience, cut admin time, and outpace competitors.
Fitness Studios

How to Build a Successful Fitness Studio

Everything you need to launch a fitness studio with confidence — from location and staffing to programming, pricing, and building a member base that actually sticks around.
Fitness Studios

Member Onboarding Cheat Sheet for Fitness Studios

Get new members set up and engaged from day one. This step-by-step reference covers the key touchpoints for making a strong first impression, driving early app adoption, and building the habits that keep members coming back to your studio.
Fitness Studios

5 Ways to Use Technology to Strengthen Member Relationships at Your Fitness Club

Five practical ways to bring mobile technology into your fitness club, from digital check-ins to in-app messaging, that strengthen member relationships and drive retention.
Fitness Studios

The Ultimate Pricing Guide for Fitness Studios

Stop guessing on pricing. This guide breaks down membership and session pricing strategies for in-person, online, and hybrid fitness studios so you can charge what you're worth.
Fitness Studios

How Fitness Studios Can Build an Online Coaching Strategy

Online coaching isn't optional for studios anymore, but doing it right takes a strategy. Get the framework for building a digital offering that extends your revenue beyond your four walls.
Fitness Studios

How to Get Your Members Using Your Branded Fitness App

Your branded app is one of the most powerful retention tools you have, if you use it right. Get tactical tips for driving adoption, keeping members engaged, and turning the app into a daily habit.
Fitness Studios

How Fitness Studios Can Attract Gen Z Members

Gen Z is the fastest-growing gym demographic, and they want something different. Understand what drives them and how to build an experience that turns them into long-term members.
Fitness Studios

4 Ways to Get More Members to Your Health & Wellness Business

Four proven ways health and wellness businesses can use their app to attract new members, deepen engagement, and improve retention, backed by real strategies, not theory.
Fitness Studios

How Fitness Studios Can Keep Members Engaged All Year Long

Foot traffic in studios often fluctuates with the seasons. This guide shows you how to keep members engaged beyond the New Year rush and launch a steady revenue stream during your slow seasons.
Fitness Studios

How Recreation Centers Can Go Digital and Deliver Better Training

Still running on pen and paper? This guide shows recreation centers how to go digital, streamlining workflows, improving member tracking, and delivering a more professional training experience.